Kristina Farrah

A ninja, a tech enthusiast and a lover of sparkly things. Writing in the tech space has become an important part of my role as an observer and historian. As passionate as I am in what I do, I look forward to telling stories of how technological advancement broke out to unprecedented levels, and that I was right there in the middle of it –watching the world change before my very eyes.

Latest from Kristina Farrah

AVG Acquires DroidSecurity, Delves into Mobile Services

Global security software maker AVG Technologies today announced that it will acquire Android anti-malware application developer Droid Security.

QLogic Hires New GM to Lead Sales in China

Effective November 15, CFO Simon Biddiscombe will act as QLogic's CEO, as appointed by the company's board to replace 15-year incumbent H K Desai.

MOVIECLIPS Secures $3M as Online Video Ads Stabalize as an Industry

Premium online video destination MOVIECLIPS.com today announced that it raised $3 Million in a series A round of financing. This will capitalize the development of tools that will advance the technology for discovering best movie scenes in a pitch of curated clips.

Borders Brings Online Textbook Rental to Students, Teams with Chegg

The second largest bookstore chain in the United States partners with the number one online textbook rental company as Borders® today announced a partnership with Chegg.com, giving students access to Chegg.com's inventory of millions of textbook titles via Border's website.

IBM Allocates $50M For Smarter Cities

Focused on helping communities across the globe, IBM today launched Smarter Cities Challenge, a competition providing grants to 100 municipalities worldwide for a better, more competent rendering of municipal services.

Facebook Tops Online Display Ad Charts: The Importance of Metrics

According to an overview released by comScore Inc., US online display advertising market is escalating by 22% this 3rd quarter of 2010 as compared to that from 2009. Almost 1.3 trillion ads were displayed to US internet users this quarter, as the comScore Ad Metrix online advertising intelligence service detailed.

VCE Vblock Solutions Now on VMWare View, SAP

Virtual Computer Environment VCE today announced that Vblock™ Powered Solutions for VMware View and Vblock Powered Solutions for SAP are now available. VCE was formed in partnership of Cisco and EMC, with investments from VMWare and Intel. It is certified to work on the Vblock platform and has over a hundred partners in 29 countries.

Google WiFi, Chrome Free for Holiday Airline Travel: Delta, Virgin & AirTran

Google Chrome browser team today announced that it has partnered with air companies AirTran, Delta and Virgin America in providing free Gogo In-flight Internet access to these air companies' 700 planes and their estimated 15 million passengers this holiday season, starting November 20, 2010 till January 2, 2011.

FrostWire P2P for Android a Beacon in Limewire’s Downfall

While there are several helper apps like Transdroid to support P2P application for Android, they serve mainly as a remote client for torrent sites like BitTorrent and Gnutella clients.

Dell CFO Comments on Going Private, 3PAR Loss, and More

CNNMoney.com had an interview with CFO Brian Gladden of Dell, giving us an overview of how the company is going to position itself in the constant shift of consumerism of things digital, and what sorts of challenge the PC giant is currently looking into.